But not all dragons in European mythology were winged, fire-breathing monsters. There were also cave wyrms. Originating in old Germanic folklore, wyrms were more like snakes or serpents than the ...

Natalie Lawrence uncovers fascinating other-worldly natural history, creatures that embody our anxieties and our irrational ...

The remipede isn't the only blind, colourless, cave-dwelling animal. There is a huge diversity of such creatures, but some of the best understood are the cavefishes. Geoff says, 'A lot of major cave ...

Today, these labyrinthine passages host a variety of tiny sea creatures found nowhere else ... this boa species still lives on the island. The cave swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) is a small ...

Spiders living in caves show how tiny genetic changes can reshape vision or cause complete blindness over generations.

It begins with the creation of cave monsters and shamanic rituals in the Pleistocene, moving to dragons of creation in Mesopotamian mythology, then the Labyrinth-bound Minotaur of Classical mythology.